Golf bag and support



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Filed Sept. 14, 1954 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 'Fig. 2

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GOLF BAG AND SUPPORT Filed Sept. 14, 1954 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Fig. 5 Fig. 6

2o 22 |s ls 22 L I6 J I6 ,u 28 g I5 28 26 \fze T kt" Ax as xm L J J L-zfilz INVENTOR. JAMES w. SANTOSUOSSO ATTORNEYS United States Patent GOLFBAG AND SUPPORT James W. antosuosso, Maiden, Mass. Application September14, 1954, Serial No. 456,041 6 Claims. (Cl. 150-15) This inventionrelates to golf bags with supports for holding the bag in inclinedupstanding position while the play is being made. I am aware that suchsupports are not broadly new and my invention relates to an improvedsupport combined with the bag to provide various improved features ofadvantage and convenience.

The invention more particularly embodies two light weight legs pivotedto the top of the bag and carrying a spreader slidable on and along thelegs from one end thereof to the other. When the bag is being carriedthe legs are folded to parallel relation against the bag and meanscarried by the spreader cooperates with means attached to the bag forsecuring the legs in this position. Raising of the spreader along thelegs is adapted to spread the legs from each other and from the bag intoa tripod arrangement supporting the bag in upright position. Theproduction of a novel combination of this nature for the purposedescribed comprises the primary object of the invention.

These and other features of the invention will be best understood andappreciated from the following description of a preferred embodimentthereof selected for purposes of illustration and shown in theaccompanying drawings in which Fig. l is a perspective view of a golfbag embodying the invention and supported in upright position,

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary view of a detail near the bottom ofthe bag,

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 4 is an enlarged elevation of an attaching plate carried by thebag,

Fig. 5 is an elevation of the bag and support in carrying position, and

Fig. 6 is a like view right angular to Fig. 5.

In the drawing 10 indicates a golf bag reinforced at its top 11 and atits bottom 12 and having a shoulder carrying strap 14 at one margin ofthe bag. A plate 15 is secured by rivets 16 to the top portion 11 andcarries two leg-carrying bails 18 pivoted to the plate at 20. Each bailcarries a pivot pin 22 for pivotally attaching a leg 24 thereto. Eachbail also carries a stud 26 extended into an arcuate slot 28 in theplate.

The two legs 24 are mounted on the pins 22 and are disposed to pivotoutwardly thereon to the position indicated in Fig. 1, the top ends ofthe legs being adapted to engage against the plate and serve as a stopfor limiting such pivotal movement. Each leg is preferably made of lightweight sheet material such as aluminum or plastic and is U-shaped incross section as illustrated in Fig. 3. Thus the legs are light weightand provide sufficient strength to support the bag. The legs and ballsare pivotally movable about the pivots and the stud 26 in the slots 28guide and limit such movement.

Slidably mounted on the legs is a tubular member 32 carrying two pins 34extending therthrough, a leg being disposed outwardly of each pin withinthe member. Movement of the member downwardly, as by gravity, from theposition of Fig. 1 to the position of Fig. 5 pivots the legs tosubstantially parallel relation and movement of the member upwardlyspreads the legs to bag-supporting relation. A lifter grip hold 36 isprovided on the member. As will be apparent from Fig. 5, the pins 34 areso spaced that they spread the 2,768,668 Patented Get. 30, 1956 legs tothe broken line position upon upward movement of the member 32 and thesmall end of the member surrounding the legs serves to move themtogether upon downward movement of the member.

The member 32 also carries a locking tab 38 for engaging within a member4i attached near the bottom end 12 of the bag. The member 40 isillustrated as comprising two like and overlapping units each having twofingers 42 for engaging beneath the bag fabric and a finger 44therebetween for engaging over the fabric. The overlapped members aresecured together by two screws 46. When the member 32 is in downwardposition the tab 38 engages within the member 40 and holds the legsagainst the bag.

When the player is carrying the bag on his shoulder the legs 24 are heldin folded relation against the outer face of the bag as illustrated inFig. 6. When the play is to be made the player grips the piece 36 andlifts the member 32 which thereupon spreads the legs apart on the pivots20, the studs 26 in the slots 28 serving to limit this spreadingmovement. Simultaneously therewith the legs are pivoted outwardly fromthe bag on the pins 22 to the position of Fig. 1 as permitted by theengagement of the top ends 50 of the legs with the plate 15. In thisposition the legs provide a bipod support for the bag as illustrated inFig. 1. The U-shaped legs are of light Weight, adding little weight tothe bag, and provide ample support for the bag.

Having thus disclosed my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. In combination, a golf bag, two legs of a length substantiallycoextensive with the bag and pivoted to the top end of the bag formovement from a substantially parallel position adjacent to the bagoutwardly to a position diverging from the bag and from each otherdownward of said end, and a tubular member surrounding and slidable onand along both legs and carrying abutment means between and in contactwith the opposed faces of the legs for spreading the legs apart as themember is moved toward the top of the bag, and means confining the legsoutwardly thereof and adapted to move them together as the member ismoved toward the bottom of the bag.

2. The combination defined in claim 1 plus cooperating latch meanscarried by the member and bag for holding the legs disposed against thebag when the member is in its downmost position.

3. The combination defined is claim 1 in which said abutment meanscomprises two pins extending transversely through said member betweenthe legs and anchored at their ends to the member.

4. The combination defined in claim 1 plus two independent memberspivoted to the bag on parallel axes permitting said spreading of thelegs, and means pivoting the legs respectively to the two members onaxes relatively right angular to the first-named axes to permit movementof the legs away from the bag.

5. The combination defined in claim 4 plus stops carried by saidindependent members for limiting pivotal movement thereof on the bag.

6. The combination defined in claim 1 in which said tubular member iscarried solely by the legs and is free to drop therealong by gravity.

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